Elder’s guidance blessing or curse The process by which individuals learn the culture of their society is known as socialisation. Primary socialisation takes place within the family and is the most important role in developing one’s characteristics. It is often said that parents‚ especially mothers are the first academic institution we experience. As far as the question is concerned‚ “Young people should obey their elders without question.” Every individual has her or her own views and opinions
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‘The Mobile Phone: A Blessing or a Curse’ from the eighteen hundreds to the present day‚ mankind has made many inventions: the television‚ radio‚ digital watches‚ and more recently home computers. Now‚ in the twenty first century a new invention has become one of the most widely used forms of communication in the world today. This of course is the mobile phone. Although available in the nineteen eighties and nineteen nineties it did not become as popular as first expected. Mainly due to the fact
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1 Mobile phones: Blessing or Curse A person is in an unhealthy phase of obsessive and constant cell phone use. This may be caused by the newness of the device or by an emotional problem that makes them use the cell phone to isolate from others who surround them. Or‚ it might be that the increasing use of the cell phone by everyone else causes the person to get one of their own."[1] More often than not; people use cellphones to pull themselves away from a crowd or ring themselves to get out of
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Oil as Both a Blessing and a Curse in the Middle East As global society enters an era where oil is no longer the dominant source of energy‚ many oil producing countries face a challenge dealing with the loss of what is often their most profitable export. Many nations developed modern infrastructure mainly through oil profits. Years of interference by western countries seeking oil profits greatly influenced the development of governments‚ occasionally for better‚ but usually for worse. While most
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Mobile phones: A blessing or a curse? It’s been years since someone had to look for spare change in their pocket to make a call out on the street from a pay phone‚ have we forgotten that mobile phones are somehow a blessing? The question here is whether mobile phones are a blessing or a curse. According to the “2013 mobile growth statistics” 91% of all people in the world have mobile phones and 56% own a smart phone‚ also according to mobile growth statistics the average age of owning a mobile
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Bell’s success with the design of telephone came as a direct result of his attempts to improve the telegraph which was the most widely used electronic communication device. The technology began to take shape in the late 1940s‚ when the idea of a mobile phone was introduced. Mobile phones are looked upon as a modern invention. However‚ their origin can be traced to the time when radio messages began to be captured successfully. . Just about 20-30 years ago‚ people always wanted a device which
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CONCEPT‚ TECHNOLOGY Technology‚ according to on-line dictionary‚ is the making‚ modification‚ usage and knowledge of tools‚ machines‚ techniques‚ crafts‚ systems and methods of organization in order to solve scientific problems. In other words‚ it is the discipline dealing with the art or science of applying scientific knowledge to solve practical problems: problems like health issues‚ education‚ agriculture‚ transport and communication‚ housing or shelter and crime investigation. Anti - technology activists
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Many studies have shown a negative correlation between economic growth and natural resources‚ a finding often dubbed “the curse of natural resources.” However‚ oil and other minerals may not be the biggest curse in developing countries. In many of them‚ the amount of foreign aid is a far larger share of government revenues. In Burkina Faso‚ for example‚ aid accounted for two-thirds of the government budget and 8% of GDP over the period 1985-89. In Mauritania‚ it accounted for 60% and 22%‚ respectively
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Over the course of human civilization‚ there have been many prominent advances in the field of science. However‚ as explored by Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein‚ or the Modern Prometheus‚ is there ever a point or line when new discoveries made by science are not a blessing anymore‚ but a curse? Frankenstein is a novel about a brilliant young scientist named Frankenstein who discovers the ultimate secret: how to infuse life into a dead body. But his attempt at thwarting nature causes massive destruction
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Humans are no doubt territorial. This territoriality manifests itself in our athletic endeavors also‚ as a well-known phenomenon called the home advantage. Simply put‚ home advantage means the persistence of home teams winning a majority of games. This phenomenon has been around as long as team competition has been in existence but did not receive scientific study until 1977. Schwartz and Barsky (1977) did the first psychological study of home advantage. Given that this phenomenon indeed
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